gigantic stone; megalith; massive boulder
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
the ocean; the great deep
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
according to plan; as planned; on target
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
group; bunch; crowd; group
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
archipelago; group of islands
island group; archipelago
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
supply; supplying; replenishment
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
departure place; place of departure
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe